Songs & Stories

Hey Big Island Music Fans! Season 2 of Songs and Stories is coming September 17 and features more great interviews with the island’s top talent. Find us on Apple Podcasts where you can listen and subscribe for free. Aloha!

Don May is an award-winning songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. A veteran of the Austin, Texas music scene, May divides his time between Hawaii, Austin, and Nashville. In this episode, he shares two new songs “Cool Little Town” and “The Devil’s Footprints.”

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Hāwane Rios is a kanaka‚ oiwi (native Hawaiian) singer-songwriter from Waimea, Hawaii. She was raised from an early age in the traditional art forms of chant and dance which inspired her passion for music and songwriting.

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Hāwane Rios: https://www.hawanerios.com

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Jaz Kaiwiko'o is a radio personality and music producer from Holualoa. Originally from San Francisco, Jaz started off as a Hip-Hop DJ & rapper in 1983, and got first record Deal in 1989. Jaz moved to Hawaii in 93' and became part of the Hoku Award-Winning Band Ehukai, and is now Producer and co-owner of the Lahui Project, which focuses on Hawaiian music & R&B.

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El Sancho is a punk rock band based in Waikoloa Village on the Big Island. While some may think that Hawaii is home to soft-strumming ukuleles with palm trees swaying along the beach, the State has a long history of punk bands that have played turbo-powered music since the late ‘70s.

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Host Steve Roby speaks with Ryan Sabate, frontman for Hilo's most popular club band The Average Joes.  The Averages Joes usually play a mix of Top-40 pop hits, but during the pandemic, they're focusing on a new album. Featured in the show are the songs "Alive" and "Play That disco."

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In this week's episode, we'll talk with K.O.A (Kauz of Affliction), one of the few punk-rock bands on the Big Island. We'll also listen to two of their singles, "Aloha Friday," and "Give It A Chance." Hailing from Ocean View, Hawaii, K.O.A. features Erik Wilcox, Justine Hanchar, and Laura Roberts.

Brother Noland is a musician and author, known chiefly as a performer of Hawaiian music and slack-key guitar. Noland was raised in a musical family; his mother and brother were hula dancers, and he began playing music in clubs while still a teenager in the 1960s. This interview was recorded on July 12, 2020, and features two songs from his Kahilu Theatre benefit concert at the Mauna Lani Resort.

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Every week you can join Steve Roby for important conversations with local musicians and hear new music from Hawaii island. Season One of Songs and Stories is in full swing and new episodes are available every Thursday.

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Born in Louisiana and growing up on Oahu, Robert Savery got his start with music in the fourth grade. In 1987, Robert and his brother Richard formed The Savery Brothers, a six-piece group specializing in old-style country-Western music playing gritty honky-tonks. In this episode, Robert will discuss two of his originals: "Under The Monkey Pod Tree," and "I've Got a Good Song To Sing."

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